Girls' name · since 1998
Kanija
Since 1998, U.S. Social Security records show 108 babies named Kanija, peaking in 2005. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #26,274 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 108
- born since 1998
- 2000s
- peak decade
108 girls have been named Kanija since 1998, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Kanija has 108 recorded births among girls since 1998, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1998 to 2011.
- #26,274 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 108 born since 1998
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kanija ranks #26,274 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 108 born since 1998, peaking in the 2000s.
- #26,274 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 108
- born since 1998
- 2000s
- peak decade
Kanija's 108 recorded births place it above 63.59% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Kanija's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Kanija's SSA record in two at 2004 and the more recent half accounts for 52% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 48%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2011, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2005 peak of 15, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Kanija popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1998–2011
- Peak year (2005)
- 15
- Annual births at peak, across 14 years of records
Kanija by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (90 births, 83% of the file).
2000s was Kanija's strongest decade.
90 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 83% of all-time use.
Kanija births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 13
1990s
13 births
- 2000s
2000s
90 births
- 2010s 5
2010s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 90 births (83% of all-time use).
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- Kanija's decade-level peak was the 2000s (90 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Kanija: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2005)
Similar record span (~13 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1998–2011 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Kanija draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.